In 'The Mummy,' Tom Cruise dances with the undead
Thursday, 22 June 2017, 16:03
Last update: about 10 years ago
Of all the CGI-ed supernatural forces slung in Alex Kurtzman's "The Mummy" (and, believe me, there are a lot), none can compete with the spectral spectacle of Tom Cruise, at 54. He and his abs...
Roxane Gay's memoir of living in a large body
Thursday, 22 June 2017, 15:37
Last update: about 10 years ago
At her heaviest, Roxane Gay weighed 577 pounds. In her powerful, at times harrowing, new memoir, "Hunger," Gay explains how she got that way and what it's like to live "trapped in a cage" of her own...
The struggle is real for Katy Perry
Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 16:58
Last update: about 10 years ago
She once roared. But now, we'll just call it meowing. Katy Perry, one of the top voices in contemporary pop over the last decade, limps into her fourth album with a collection of songs that don't...
Elliott shines as usual, but 'Hero' doesn't satisfy
Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 16:02
Last update: about 10 years ago
At the beginning of "The Hero," Lee Hayden, the aging Hollywood Western actor played by Sam Elliott, is recording a radio spot for barbecue sauce. And he's really, really good at it. "Lone Star...
Honeyman's 'Eleanor Oliphant' is endearing, whip-smart read
Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 15:36
Last update: about 10 years ago
Eleanor Oliphant has her life together, or so she would like you to believe. She works in an office, she binge drinks alone every weekend in her apartment and wears gloves indoors when her eczema...
Jason Isbell can't stop writing world-class music
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 16:57
Last update: about 10 years ago
In the hands of an ordinary songwriter, "Anxiety" would be an ordinary song. But when the writer is Jason Isbell, arguably the finest songwriter putting pen to paper these days, the song changes...
Diane Keaton talks mom & dad, gratitude ahead of AFI honor
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 16:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
When Diane Keaton accepts the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award this week, she'll say it's all because of her mom, dad and Woody Allen. The Oscar-winning actress credits her...
'He Said/She Said' is a thriller to savor
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 15:35
Last update: about 10 years ago
A solar eclipse attracts devoted followers who travel to the best sites to witness the phenomenon, aided by online forums, maps and social media. These eclipse chasers, who relish "celestial...
Gaulitana: A festival of Music at the Concorso Lirico G.B. Rubini
Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 08:53
Last update: about 10 years ago
Very recently, the artistic director of Gaulitana: A Festival of Music, Mro Colin Attard, was at Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Italy, as a member of the adjudicating board of the 4th edition of the...
Jack White, Nas, Los Lobos cover American standards
Monday, 19 June 2017, 16:57
Last update: about 10 years ago
Jack White, Nas, Elton John, Los Lobos, Bettye LaVette and Willie Nelson are part of a stellar cast performing a wide range of blues, country and other American songs and styles using vintage gear on...